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the latter description to one or two incKes each year, 

 thereby ultimately forming them into fruit spurs. 



After the trees which have been planted out in the 

 borders and treated as dwarfs have borne fruit for seven 

 or more years, if they evince any signs of decay, or cease 

 bearing so profusely as formerly, some young trees should 

 be procured, and one of them planted between every two 

 of the old ones, and when these young trees commence 

 bearing, the old ones may be removed and thrown 

 away; thus keeping up a constant succession of good 

 bearing trees. 



7. — PeaVy Plum, and Cherry Trees, 



Nearly the same remarks will apply to these as to apple 

 trees, with the exception that plum and cherry trees will 

 not do well as espaliers or dwarfs, but bear best when 

 trained against a wall, or treated as standards. They are 

 extremely unprofitable in small gardens, and should 

 never be cultivated in them except as mere luxuries. A 

 few pear trees might likewise be treated as dwarfs, 

 where desired, but in this case they would require annual 

 pruning. 



The best and most prolific pears are, for a tall tree, the 

 swo>n's egg, which will not bear much pruning ; the Jar- 

 gonelle and Marie Louise for walls ; and the Marie Louise, 

 Easter Beurre, and the Glout Morceau for dwarf pruned 

 border plants. A few damson or bullace trees along the 

 edge of a garden \vill not occupy much space, and are 

 generally good bearers. The Morello cherry is useful on 

 a north wall, being an abundant fruiter, and requiring little 

 light. The Bigareau cherry is the finest, where a sunny 

 aspect can be afi'orded. A Jargonelle pear tree is perhaps 

 the best fruit tree which can be had for covering the end 

 of a house which has either a good or an indifi'erent 

 aspect. It may be managed as directed for espaliers, or 

 trained in a fan form, and the shoots occasionally stopped 

 to throw it into a spur-bearing state, pruning back all the 

 side shoots every year, to induce the development of 

 fruit spurs. 



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